SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- TeamMate Audit Software - J&A
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Office of Inspector General, Facilities and Contracts Division, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20405
- ZIP Code
- 20405
- Solicitation Number
- 47J00016C0012
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- Diana K. Brozi, Phone: 2022733047
- E-Mail Address
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diana.brozi@gsaig.gov
(diana.brozi@gsaig.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- 47J00016C0012
- Award Date
- 9/13/2016
- Description
- J&A Justification For Other Than Full And Open Competition (JOFOC) 1. Identification of Agency and Contracting Activity. The General Service Administration Office of Inspector General (OIG), Contracting Office is responsible for this procurement/action, on behalf of the United States Government and the GSA Office of Inspector General, Office of Audits (JA). Address: 1800 F Street, NW Washington DC 20405 2. Identification of Statutory Authority. FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) 3. Description of the supplies/services action being processed. Two hundred (200) TeamMate Software licenses and maintenance for one year. Period of Performance: September 30, 2016 - September 29, 2017. Estimated value: $71, 110.00 4. Justification rationale and a demonstration of the proposed contractor's unique qualifications to provide the required supply or service: TeamMate software is an Audit Management Software System that includes, Risk-Based Auditing, Resource Scheduling, Electronic Work-paper Management, Audit Issue Tracking, Audit Committee Reporting, and Time and Expense Reporting. TeamMate's audit management software system increases the efficiency and productivity of the entire internal audit process, including: risk assessment, scheduling, planning, execution, review, report generation, trend analysis, audit committee reporting and storage. By providing an integrated paperless strategy for managing audits, TeamMate's audit software eliminates the barriers associated with paper-filled binders and disconnected electronic files, driving efficiencies into all facets of the internal audit workflow. The above software is used in OIG investigations requiring any type of audit report. This software was approved for use by the OIG, by the OIG Information Technology (IT) Division (JPM) and continued use of TeamMate is required by JA in order to manage their audit work. TeamMate Software is the only source capable of satisfying the agency's requirements. An award to a source other than CCH Group DBA Wolters Kluwer would result in substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. Commercial Clearing House (CCH) DBA Wolters Kluwer is the software owner. By proprietary agreement CCH is the only company able to provide updates, upgrades, corrections, and enhancements covering common functional and performance issues and additional support services for JA's existing TeamMate licenses. 5. Determination by the Contracting Officer that the anticipated cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable. This contractor is successfully providing supplies/services and it has implemented a functional system for JA. Changing contractors would require a complete transformation of the current system that the auditors are using. Furthermore, the proficiency required to merge the auditors data from the current software (TeamMate) to a new one would result in substantial duplication of cost that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Agency's requirements. Therefore, the Contracting Officer has determined that the prices for this contracting action are fair and reasonable based on comparison of the prices to the historical prices paid by the Government (FAR 15.404-1(b)(2)(ii)), and to Contractor's published competitive price lists (FAR 15.404-1(b)(2)(iii)). 6. Description of the market research conducted and the results, or a statement of the reasons market research was not conducted. A market research was conducted and the CO found that the price one company offered for a similar software and compatible with TeamMate software was substantially more expensive than what Wolters Kluwer offers to JA for 200 (two hundred) licenses and maintenance for one year. Therefore the market research resulted that the price offered to JA for TeamMate software is deemed to be fair and reasonable. 7. Any other facts supporting the use of Other Than Full and Open Competition. NONE 8. A statement of the action, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required. If other potential source(s) emerge, JA, will assess whether competition for future requirements is feasible. The circumstances surrounding the need to obtain the required supplies/services without providing full and open competition will be reviewed annually by the Contracting Officer. 9. Certification by the Contracting Officer. I certify that the requirement outlined in this justification is a Bona Fide need of GSA OIG and the supporting data under my cognizance included in the justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. _______________________________ Diana K. Brozi Contracting Officer
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1800 F Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20405, United States
- Zip Code: 20405
- Zip Code: 20405
- Record
- SN04274222-W 20160917/160916000429-a9f99b3fd2fc5c105ad7754d486e6465 (fbodaily.com)
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